Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax, 1963

Sanford Koufax (born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is an American former baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He was a seven-time All-Star and four-time World Series champion. In 1972, Koufax, at age 36, became the youngest player ever to be added to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Koufax was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. He has been married three times and has no biological children.^[1]

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1954 University of Cincinnati baseball team photo; Koufax is in the top row, 5th from the left
A ticket from the August 27, 1955 game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Redlegs, where Koufax earned his first career win
Koufax warming up at Wrigley Field, c. 1957
Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax changing parts on a 2 1⁄2-ton truck at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Van Nuys, California
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax in a 1961 issue of Baseball Digest.
Koufax at Dodger Stadium, c. 1962
Whitey Ford and Sandy Koufax posing for photos at 1963 World Series in Los Angeles
Koufax (left) as a pitching coach for the Dodgers during spring training, 1979
Koufax at the 2014 Baseball Writers' Association of America dinner